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This collection contains personal letters and photos of Edmond Arthur Littlefield principally from his service in the American Field Service during World War I. Other items include pre and post WWI letters and photos. The collection was donated by Denise Sobel, his granddaughter. The collection is principally divided into two main parts, correspondence and photographs. Sub groups and chronology follows.

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Letter from Eliza P. Clark to her cousin Emily of Farmington, Utah. Concerns Eliza’s brother, Orson of Bighorn, Wyoming. Dated January 15, 1925.

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This collection contains two greeting cards which were printed in the early 1900s. Donated by

Elizabeth Shafter, 1979.

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Three letters from Emma Stander of Bear River City, Utah, to her sister Anna in

Ogden, Utah, and her brother, Isaac. Letters are dated July 25, 1892, November 11, 1896, and

one is undated, Letters are reports of events in Bear River City and family matters.

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Letter from “Eunice” to “Thelia”, Ogden, Utah dated July 19, 1891. Letter is

filled with news about children and other homey matters. There is some suggestion that Thelia

may be a sister, since Eunice requests that Thelia tell “mother” that one of Eunice’s babies has

his cradle.

Scope and Contents Brigham Young letter to Lorin Farr, 1860. Elijah Freeman letter, 1820. Elijah Freeman letter, 1821. Lorin Farr’s pass. Heber C. Kimball letter to Brother Dana, 1850. Joseph Fielding Smith letter to Lorin Farr, 1906. Nauvoo Deed signed by Joseph Smith. Telegraph letter from Brigham Young to Lorin Farr and Chauncey West, 1866. Four page account from...

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Letter from Fawn McKay Brodie to Mrs. George Clement (“Trudie”) of Beverly

Hills, California, expressing thanks for a note about Brodie’s book, The Devil Drives. She

discusses Sir Richard Francis Burton’s book, Book of the Sword, and the fact that her personal

copy was more expensive than one that Trudie found. Dated August 30, 1970 from her home in

Pacific Palisades, California.

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Itemized receipt for sale of goods and correspondence to M.E. Carter of Fort

Bridger, Wyoming. Correspondence concerns goods sold to Carter from various businesses in

Ogden, Utah. Items are dated 1878, 1882, and 1883.

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Correspondence to early Ogden, Utah businessman, Fred J. Kiesel. Letters are from his mother, his sisters, Marie and Louise, and his grandfather, Christoph H. Kiesel. Several letters are written in German and these have typewritten pages of English translation. Also included is a genealogy page for the Kiesel family. Letters are dated 1857, 1860, 1862, and 1863.

Abstract The Fred Kotter Collection was donated by F. Ralph Kotter in November 2001. This collection contains sixty-four letters written from Fred Kotter to his family while on a mission in Germany for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Fred served from 1902-1904. The correspondence is mainly addressed to his father, Henry Kotter and his sister, Nora Kotter. The letters detail Fred’s experiences while serving a mission in Hamburg, Dresden, and the Saxony region. Of particular...